Judge Allows All Stores Open On Sundays In N.d.

OTHER NEWS TO NOTE MIDWEST

May 18, 1990

BISMARCK, N.D. — A judge has ruled that all businesses can open on Sundays in North Dakota, but has retained a list of 44 items that still cannot be sold on the Sabbath, including clothing and hardware. The law, which also lists 37 types of businesses that may open Sundays, including bait shops and coin-operated laundries, was called ''arbitrary, haphazard and irrational'' by the judge. North Dakota malls, though, won't be open for business Sunday. South Central District Judge Gerald Glaser temporarily blocked his own ruling from taking effect, anticipating an appeal by the attorney general.